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We can’t dig to the center of the Earth, but that hasn’t stopped us from trying. Whether explicit efforts to dig through the Earth’s mantle or some of the world’s wildest open-pit mines, humankind has done some serious digging. We explore some of the craziest manmade holes out there through both ice and land. Kola ...

Famed scientist Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76, confirmed his family. The British theoretical physicist and cosmologist was best known for his work on black holes, relativity, quantum physics and the philosophy of science. His book, A Brief History of Time, is one of the best-selling science books of all time. Professor Hawking’s children Lucy, ...

The prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year award has been handed to a photojournalist who captured a criticially endangered black rhino lying dead with its horn cut off. Brent Stirton’s “Memorial to a species” was taken on South Africa’s Hluhluwe Imfolozi Game Reserve and is one of thirty such scenes he captured as he covered ...

In order to malign India, Pakistan’s ambassador to the UN Maleeha Lodhi used a fake image of a “pellet gun victim” in the UN General Assembly for alleged atrocities in Jammu and Kashmir. The move backfired as it was later emerged that the image was that of a 17-year-old Gazan woman named Rawya abu Jom, ...

In 2007, a group of astronomers spotted something strange—a powerful burst of radio waves that vanished as quickly as it appeared. They called the strange event a “fast radio burst,” and ever since then scientists have been trying to figure out what these things are. Here’s what we do know: Fast radio bursts are high-energy ...

1. Breastfeed male co-workers In 2007, Dr Izzat Atiya, head of Al Azhar University’s Department of Hadith, issued a fatwa, or Islamic decree, saying that female workers should “breastfeed” their male co-workers in order to work in each other’s company. According to the BBC, he said that if a woman fed a male colleague “directly ...

The ‘Mother of all Bombs’ has been deployed by President Donald Trump to fight ISIS in Afghanistan, and there’s a good reason it has such a nickname. Here are five things to know about MOAB. 1. The “MOAB” acronym actually stands for Massive Ordnance Air Blast. The explosive is so lethal because it sucks all ...

If life is a game, these are the rules for being human! When you were born, you didn’t come with an owner’s manual; these guidelines make life work better. Although there’s no formula to help you win the game of life, Dr. Chérie Carter-Scott’s rules for being human to convey a universal wisdom that, once ...

Have you gone your entire life without seeing a ghost, ghoul, or specter? Are you jealous of your friends who have woken up to something standing over them in bed? You might change your mind after you read about these real-life people who have suffered lifetime hauntings. Ghosts that attach themselves to people always seem ...